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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1963
Page
2
A West Baden hotel once famed for gambling and wealth sits quiet as rosary beads replace dice. The West Baden Springs Hotel, built around a 130 foot dome, faced ruin after the 1929 stock market crash and now houses West Baden Colleges serving Jesuit seminarians.
The 1962 Baptist State Convention report shows 3,396 churches and 940,955 members in North Carolina, with seven new churches and an 8,540 gain in membership. Cooperative Program gifts rose to 4.59 million, and total mission expenditures reached 8.24 million.
N Speer Jones presents the autumn 29 A.D. watershed moment in Christian teaching as Jesus asks who people say He is. The setting around Caesarea Philippi features Gentile influence and Hel lenization, with Peter’s rebuke followed by Jesus stating His Messiahship and Sonship and foretelling death.
Biblical discussion explains Jesus rebukes Peter's Messiahship without suffering and teaches disciples to bear their crosses. It notes the Greek christos and Hebrew mashiah origin, the anointed ones, and the need for self denial as part of following Jesus.
The Pilot View Baptist Church completed a new parsonage costing about $21,000 on Zelma Avenue in Fletcher Heights near Highway 29 70. Dedication at 11 a.m. with Rev. Floyd Rhyne speaking. building by Lang Mullinnix construction. committee Grady Combs Rex Carroll and Leslie Willard. Parsonage occupied by Rev. J. G. Haas and family.
Methodists from Canton to Asheboro will gain from a Builders Club fund drive of the Western North Carolina Conference. Rev A Glenn Lackey lists Banner Elk Canton Asheboro districts benefiting, funds used to build worship units and acquire property. Last year contributions neared 120000 to aid district church extension and crash projects.
Four prisoners who escaped from a jail near Aberdeen were recaptured in Brooksville after forcing a haircut stop. The escapees overpowered a jailer, a trusty and his wife then robbed a local store of ammunition and arms, authorities said.
Richard Brewer begins work as minister of music and education at North Main Street Baptist Church on Sunday February 24. He studied at Clarke Memorial College and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and comes from Shady Brook Baptist Church in Kannapolis. Brewer and his wife Frances Dike will reside at 1116 Meadowlawn. The church plans 600 in Sunday School and 200 in Training Union plus a reception after evening worship.
M T Lambeth superintendent of the Methodist Children's Home in Winston Salem will speak and show slides Sunday at 7 30 p m at Lebanon Methodist Church. His talk closes a church wide study on Mission To The Handicap. A panel discussion for Senior High youth on Unwed Parents follows at 6 30 p m after a 5 30 p m covered dish supper.
The 13 districts of the Western North Carolina Conference announce Christian education conferences from Feb 24 to Apr 23. High Point District meets Feb 28 at 7 15 p.m. at Wesley Memorial Church. Thomasville District meets Mar 1 at 7 15 p.m. at First Methodist Lexington. Topics include Vacation Bible School and youth programs. Dr. Thomas A Langford of Duke will lead a course. Dr Locke, a Methodist minister and Duke graduate, will teach Sunday School at First Methodist Church.
The first of four major prayer services for the revival at First Baptist Church starts next Tuesday evening with a Brotherhood supper at 6 45. W Frank Ingram of Anson Baptist Assn will speak. Men youths and boys will then split into groups for prayer and assignments led by N R Demchak Bency Smith and Jack Williams. Dr C Roy Angell will conduct the revival in March.
The Junior and Youth Choirs sang at the Regional Choir Festival in Lexington last night. On Monday the Adult Choir will join the Church Choir Festival at Ardmore Baptist in Winston-Salem. Dr. E W Price Jr leaves Sunday to lead revival services at Winter Park Baptist in Wilmington through March 3.
Dr. William R. Locke a religion and philosophy professor at High Point College will speak at Oak View Methodist Church Sunday night presenting color slides from his travels and studies. The event invites local residents and aims to share insights on religious philosophy.
The First Presbyterian Church men hold a 6:30 p.m. meeting on Monday Feb 25 in the church dining room. Rabbi Herbert Silberman, coming to High Point from New York City six and a half years ago, will discuss Judaism its practices and symbols. He studied at City College of New York and was ordained at the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School. He leads B'nai Israel Synagogue and is married to Tenna Leyton with two sons.
The Rev. Frederick F. Mayer of Whitesboro has worn a gold cross that once belonged to Queen Victoria at every service since becoming rector of St. John’s Church in 1923. The cross was given by Mrs. Gwendolyn Johnson, who had received it from Victoria in the 1850s when her father was governor of the Isle of Wight. Mrs. Johnson also sent a sweater and note advising Mayer to wear a sleeve-free garment when mowing the lawn.
The Methodist Board of Christian Social Concerns in Washington is sending out materials to help local churches resist right wing extremism. The packet cites a 1961 bishops council statement condemning self styled patriots who attack church leaders as tyranny and threats to freedom. Mary Baker Eddy.
In Spartanburg South Carolina Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver recounts Kennedy’s call offering him the job. He says he initially claimed no knowledge of the organization and suggested a political ally be picked. The President supposedly replied that firing a relative would be easier if the corps failed.
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